1995 Ford Mustang

I TOOK MY MUSTANG TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE MY HEATER WENT OUT. AFTER HAVING THE CAR SEVERAL DAYS I WAS TOLD MY HEAD GASKET BLEW, CAUSING $1600.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE SUCH AS A "ENGINE CHECK" LIGHT OR FLUID LEAKAGE. UNTIL I CONFRONTED THE DEALER THAT I WAS TOLD THE 3.8L ENGINE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS THEY ACTED AS THOUGH THEY KNEW NOTHING OF A PROBLEM. THEN I WAS TOLD THE RECALL WAS ONLY ON THAT ENGINE WITH FRONT WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES, NOT REAR WHEEL DRIVE SUCH AS MY MUSTANG. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT DIFFERENCE THAT WOULD MAKE. IF I SHOULD BE LODGING A COMPLAINT ELSEWHERE THEN PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU. *AK

I WAS DRIVING ALONG AT 45 MPH AND THE CAR STARTED TO SHUDDER AND SHAKE. AFTER A LITTLE WHILE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I NEVER REGISTERED A HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURE DISPLAY. I TOOK IT IN TO THE SHOP, AND THEY TOPLD ME I BLEW 2 HEAD GASKETS, AND FORD IS NOTORIOUS FOR THIS. I WANT MY MONEY BACK, IT COST OVER $1000 TO FIX THE BLOODY THING. *AK

NOTICED MUSTANG OVERHEATED ON A SUNDAY NIGHT. TOOK TO MECHANIC NEXT MORNING. CALLED TO TELL ME IT WAS A LEAKING HEAD GASKET. TOLD THERE WAS POSSIBLE COVERAGE. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD ONLY THE TAURUS, WINSTAR AND SABLE WERE COVERED. I WAS ALSO TOLD THE MUSTANG'S HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ENGINE AND WERE NOT HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE OTHER 3.8 V-6. *AK

HEAD GASKET ON MY 1995 MUSTANG IS BLOWN. I READ ALL OVER THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM WITH FORD 3.8L ENGINES AND THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC RECALL FOR ALL FRONT WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES IN THIS YEAR RANGE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. MY CAR HAS THE EXACT SAME ENGINE IN IT AS THE FRONT WHEEL DRIVE CARS WHICH ARE COVERED FOR REPAIRS. I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED. I READ THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN AS SOON A 2 DAYS LATER. I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS. FORD HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE AND ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. *AK

THE HEATER IN MY 1995 FORD MUSTANG WOULD NOT PRODUCE WARM AIR AND THEN THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WAS LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT. HOWEVER, HEAT WAS STILL NOT PRODUCED AND THE ODOR OF ANTIFREEZE BECAME APPARENT. MY MECHANIC AT OCEAN STREE AUTO REPAIR IN SOUTH PORTALND, ME, CALLED YANKEE FORD DEALER IN SOUTH PORTLAND, ME AND WAS TOLD THE HEAD GASKET ON THIS 3.8L V6 ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE AND RECALLED. I WAS INFORMED BY MY MECHANICE AT OCEAN ST AUTO AS WELL AS THE SERVICE MANAGER AT YANKEE FORD THIS PART WOULD BE REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. WITHIN A HALF HOUR I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SERVICE MANAGER AT YANKEE FORD INFORMING ME THE RECALL ONLY APPLIED TO THE TAURUS AND WINDSTAR. ALTHOUGH HE SAID IT WAS THE SAME ENGINE AND COULD NOT SEE WHY THE RECALL WOULD NOT APPLY TO THE MUSTANG, HE COULD NOT FIX IT UNDER THE FORD ISSUED RECALL. I CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER SERVICE ON MARCH 2 AND SPOKE WITH "SELVIN" WHO TOLD ME FORD WAS WELL AWARE OF THIS DEFECTIVE PART AND THEY HE "EXPECTED" THIS TO BE RECALLED ON THE MUSTANG AND THUNDERBIRD AT SOME TIME, BUT FOR NOW IT WAS FORD'S POLICY NOT TO RECALL THE HEAD GASKET ON THIS MODEL AT THIS TIME. SELVIN INFORMED ME I HAD NO RECOURSE OF ACTION AND THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE AT FORD MOTOR COMPANY I COULD APPEAL TO. I PRESSED SELVIN TO GIVE ME THE NAME OF MANAGER I COULD TALK WITH AND HE REFUSED, AGAIN STATING THIS IT WAS "FORD'S POSITION NOT FIX THIS PART AS PART OF THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW IT WAS DEFECTIVE. ASIDE FROM THE CAR ISSUE, I AM A SINGLE PARENT WITH ONLY THAT CAR FOR TRANSPORTATION. I AM NOW FORCED TO RENT A CAR FOR AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME WHILE WAITING FOR MY FORD MUSTANG TO BE FIXED. *AK

UPON LEAVING WORK I STARTED MY CAR AND NOTICED WHITE SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF THE TAILPIPE. I DROVE LESS THAN 1 MILE FROM WORK TO HOME AND HAD MY BOYFRIEND LOOK AT THE CAR IMMEDIATELY. HE ADVISED ME IT WAS PROBABLY A BLOWN HEADGASKET. WE HAD A MECHANIC COME PICK IT UP AND TOW IT TO THE SHOP. SURE ENOUGH THE HEADGASKET HAD BLOWN ON BOTH SIDES AND WATER WAS IN ALL 6 CYCLINDERS. THE CAR NEVER OVERHEATED NOR DID IT GIVE ANY WARNING SIGNS OR LIGHTS. IT JUST BLEW THE HEADGASKET WITH LESS THAN 60,000 MILES ON THE CAR. FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR 3.8L V6 ENGINES BUILT IN 1995. *AK